Bøger af Oleg Grabar

The Coinage of the Tulunids: Numismatic Notes and Monographs, No. 139 is a book written by Oleg Grabar that explores the history and coinage of the Tulunids, a dynasty that ruled Egypt and Syria during the 9th and 10th centuries. The book provides a detailed analysis of the coins minted by the Tulunids, including their designs, inscriptions, and metallurgical properties. It also examines the political and economic context in which the coins were produced, shedding light on the Tulunids' relations with neighboring states and their role in the wider Islamic world. The book is an invaluable resource for historians, numismatists, and anyone interested in the history of the Middle East.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Contributing Authors Include Richard Ettinghausen, Aschwin Lippe, Kurt Erdmann, And Many Others.

How ornamentation enables a direct and immediate encounter between viewers and art objects Based on universal motifs, ornamentation occurs in many artistic traditions, though it reaches its most expressive, tangible, and unique form in the art of the Islamic world. The Mediation of Ornament shares a veteran art historian's love for the sheer sensuality of Islamic ornamentation, but also uses this art to show how ornament serves as a consistent intermediary between viewers and artistic works from all cultures and periods. Oleg Grabar analyzes early and medieval Islamic objects, ranging from frontispieces in Yemen to tilework in the Alhambra, and compares them to Western examples, treating all pieces as testimony of the work, life, thought, and emotion experienced in one society. The Mediation of Ornament is essential reading for admirers of Islamic art and anyone interested in the ways of perceiving and understanding the arts more broadly.

The third in a set of four volumes of studies on Islamic art by Oleg Grabar, this book aims to integrate knowledge of Islamic art with Islamic culture and history as well as with the global concerns of the History of Art. It covers topics such as architecture, painting, objects, iconography, theories of art, aesthetics and ornament.

The material in this volume has been arranged under four main headings: 'Origins and Context'; 'Secular Culture Under the Umayyads'; 'Fatimid Egypt and the Muslim West'; and 'The Muslim East'.

This book tells the story of the site, from its creation to its modern acquisition of different and potent meanings for Muslim, Christian, and Jewish cultures. Primarily it is as a work of art that the Dome of the Rock emerges from these pages, understood for the quality that allows it to transcend time-and perhaps even faith and culture.